Everyone's talking about Hollow Knight Silksong , and that's understandable. It's one of the most obsessively anticipated sequels in recent memory, and it's a really fun metroidvania. It's also a brilliant excuse to re-open the reliably polarising difficulty in games debate.

I can't remember there ever being this much buzz for an exploration platformer before, but aside from the aforementioned difficulty, there's probably a few good reasons why you might bounce off Silksong. Perhaps you suffer entomophobia? Maybe you abhor protracted boss run backs ? Or maybe you're just averse to hype and want to dive into Silksong once the buzz has quietened down and the post-launch updates have smoothed its roughest edges?

If you don't like Silksong but do love labyrinthine 2D platformers, we've put t

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